Medical marijuana in NY would get 'seed to sale' oversight

12:29 PM,
Mar. 27, 2013

A jar of "Lemon Sour Diesel," medical marijuana is displayed for photo purposes on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at "The Green Oasis" a medical marijuana dispensary, in Otisville, Mich. The Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with Stanley "Flesh-N-Bone" Howse , a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana. Michigan voters approved marijuana for some chronic medical conditions in 2008.

Written by

Joseph Spector
Journal Albany Bureau

ALBANY -- State lawmakers are renewing a push to legalize medical marijuana and are changing their proposal in hopes of making it more palatable to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature.

The Democratic-led Assembly has repeatedly passed the legalization of medical marijuana, but it hasn't received enough support in the Senate. Cuomo has also expressed concern about the measure, but said in July 2011 that he was studying the issue.

A bill introduced this week proposes tougher oversight of medical marijuana sales in New York than had been previously sought. New York would join 18 ...